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CHARLESKas'rENBEIN, or oIJA-rHAi-r 30.4.1), ENGLAND, Tessie-non T0- EDWARD-L; FORD,QOF BROOKLYN,

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fsp Qifi Kfi Q i'oi'rning' part r Lctters'Patent No. E hibits, his a line 24, 1873 application. tiled j 73s it known that-LOHmnEs KAsrE hEm, i t of Glapham Road," in the-county of Surrey,

England, have iuventedan Improved Machine for Distributing'illype, of which the following is a specification I My machine consists essentiallyof the fol --lowing parts,- towit:v First, a *frame,adjusta-.- f ble in di nension 'in "which a form of type is held for distributiomand retained in proper shape after therenioval of its lines, in successionruntil all the-type are distributed. Sec-' mm, a device for cutting outtheli'ues' ofitype in successionfand holding then; in position for, distrihution.- Third'a devicefort-aking thetype singly andsuccessively-from the line. Fourth, regulatingInechauismto graduate the I size of the passages through whichthe types are passed "-to correspond with their varying size. Fifth, a shield arrangedto take-the types through acommon-throat', and distribute them through; separate channels under control of :doors operated by, finger-keysi 1 Sixth, app'li- ,a'ances' for taking the types from the shield and j depositingjthen inproper 'position in their respective tubes, from which they'may be fed tov a type" setting or composing machine, And the invention further consists in certain'detail's "of construction, hereinafter described. Figure 1 is a perspective view ofzthe machine as seen from-.therear. giFig. 2 is afperspective .view thereof from'theiront. Fig.- 3 is en eleration of the distributingshield. N Fig. 4 is aplaneof the upper frame. 'Fig. 5. is anelevation of the device employed-for cutting out successive'lines fromthe form for distribution.-

"Fig. (i is an elevation of the device for remov-' ing successive types-fromthesepareted line.

l i g. 7 is tit-perspective view of some offthe prim l'cipal operatingparts of the machine." Fig.8

is ahrear elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 10 represent'details, hereinafterde'scribed I p Arepreseutsfagalley, in -'which the dead matter to be'distributed is placed. B is a vertical shield formed with grooves or channels 31-, one for each letter or character, which. are, opened or closed at will by doors 4:. This shield may be made from a thick. plitte'of brassor othermetal, with the channels 3 planed out.

,Its front'is covered by. e'glass plate. 0 is the throatthrough which the type "fallsinto the shield. l) is an; adjustable slide, by which the size ofv thethroatisregulated to correspond 'withtha t of the type. G is a rock-shaft having arms I l projecting forward. from its ends,

.and an arxn,m, projecting rearward from its oentralpart. The arms Zare connected-by. a

bar, k, resting on therear-ends of keys h, which .are pivoted on a stationaryshaft, H, and constit'utelth'e key-hoard I. The'part F, of the frame, which is shown detached in Fig. 5, con:

tains' or guides the vertical slide N, by which the successive lines are cut out of the. form and elevated in positionfor vtheactiou of the pusher p. The vertical slide N is actuated by the bell-crank O, which is furnished with a handle, R. The bell-crank lever B Oand slide lT-are showndetached in Fig. 8. d is a'chan- .nel to receive the elevatedline of type.v The bar'E, which also forms apart of the stationary' frame A, and is shown detached in Fig. 6, contains a slide, 11, by which the successive types are pushed from the separated line and dropped'into the shield. The forward movencnt of this pusher 12 is imparted by a bell-.

crank, n,actuated'by-the arm m, and connected to t-hepusher by a rod, 0. j" A spring, d, retracts the pusher, andrestores the parts to theirno'rmal' position when they are released.

a is-a ga-ge to regulate the width'of thee-pen ,turee, into which the'types are successively pressed bythe pusher p, and through which they pass to the throat U. f is a'slide, drawn forward by a weighted cord, 9, so as to constantly press theline forward, and cause a new type-to pass in front of the {mshr each time it reccdes. For regulating. the width of the apertures to correspond with the letter to be passed, the gage u'jis connected by a pin, 0, slide as, and bell-cranks b b with eccentrics z, one of which'eccentrics may be connected with.

.allof the keys h, which'belong to letters of equal width. 'One eccentric is employed for each width of type, and to move the gage a as required they are turned to the necessary extent by bars 2 resting on the tails of the keys-h. The: form to be distributed is held within" the galley A-by side and end sticksrT .-and U, the'stick T, which requires adjustmen but once for each form or piece of composed matter, being secured by s0rews c,'clam ping its'slotted shanks t t. The stick U, which-reare springs applied within'the tubes P to prevent the endmost-or forward types falling from; their proper upright position. S S are slides I operated by bell-cranks 'w and pitmen r, and employed to push the successive types from the channels 3 into the compartments K. The pit-men r are pivoted to the rear ends of the keys h, as shown. X is a bar, which is drawn to its backward position by springs ac, and fits in notches in the pitmau k. The said pitmen are formed with shoulders e, causing ea'ch of them, when'elevated, to rest on the bar X, as illustrated by a detached fragment -of a pitman in Fig. 7. Each pitman rests in this position until another'is raised, which, pressing forward the bar X, permits the pitman previously'elevnted' to fall. The pivoted doors or valves v are provided with shanks u, in either form shown at Maud M inFig. 9, according to the position they occupy in the shield. M shows the shank, connected by rod t with a bell-crank, s,.slot-ted to engage with the stud g on the pitmeur, which belongs to. such valve. When the valve is sufficiently near its shank may project laterally. and be slotted, as shown at M, adaptingit to fit directly over the stud q. t", Fig. 2, are boxes in which to putquadrates or other matters out of hand. It is a box to receive thin spaces which pass through the machine, but are not passed into tubes.

In pushing the handle B, Fig. 7, from the right tothe left, the pusher N descends; then the bar at is pushed forward, which causes the first line to be put on the pusher N. By pushing'the handle R from left to right the first line is raised by the pusher N into the pussagc d. In this passage the operator reads the line of which the last letter to the left falls into the aperture e.

By-pressing on one of the finger-keys h the following movementstake place: First, the bar k, which extends over all the ends of the keys, pushes '(by means of the levers l,the rock-shaft G, the lever m, the angle n, and the connecting-rod. o) the pusher 12 against the first type, which causes such type to fall through the aperture 6 into the shield B. Secondfthe angle w turns at the lifting of the connecting-rod a, pushes the pusher S forward, and causes the type in the compartment K to pass, into the tubes P. Third, thev connecting-rod -r is lifted u-p,.and,- by means of thestud q'attached to it and the connections above described, opens-the door 21, which corresponds with the key pressediupou. and allows the typetodescendalongits proper channel 3 of the shield B into the 'fixed' typecompartment K on the end of the corresponding pusher 8. Fourth, anjeccentrimz, is lifted by the tail end of the finger-key h, which, by turning the angle ba little, draws the catch a, in connection with a: and c, backto open the aperture 0, according to the 'size of the type which isto fall, every thickness of type havinga proper eccentric.

All .the four movements just described are effected. instantaneously and simultaneously 'bythe operator pressing the finger upon the key, and whenthe same is released the-parts are moved back again into their original position by springs d, with the exception of connecting-rod r, door 2:, angle w, and pusher S, which remain, because the book 6 of connecting-rodr'rests on ,t-hc'cross-bar K, which goes back only when another 'ke'yiispreSsed upon, and allows book 6 to pass, when spring -f will draw the pusher S, angle 20, door 1;,-

and connecting-rod 1' back, and the type falls from pusher into its place.- vIn each type-tube is aspring, g, which prevents the last type from falling; it is pushed forward by the type, and is, when seen at the end of the tube, a sign that the tube is full, and reqnires to' be replaced by an empty one. I

The advance of the pusher 10 to separatethe' end type from the 1ine, 'and the advance of the corresponding pusher S to press types of same character further into tube; K,'-are, as above stated, simultaneous. The pusher S rests in its advancedposition until the spring- .bar X is again retracted by the depression of another-of the lr'eysh. It is immaterial whether the retraction of the pusher S precedes the descent of the type or not. If not, the type will rest upon it until it does retire, and will then descend into the mouth of the tube. The following is claimed as new: 1. The combination of the finger-keys h, pitmen r, bell-cranks uyand. slides S, constructed and arrangedto operate as set forth. 2. The pusher p, operated from. the keys 70 through the medium of the bar k,'roclr-shaft G, arms I m n, and rod o, substantially asdescribed.

3.,The eccentrics z, gage-plate a, rod .1, keys h, and the described or equivalent connections for regulating the size of aperture for the passage of the type.

at. The spring-bar X, operating in connectionwith the pitmen r, in manner'substan tially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. The pitmenr, bell cranks w, pnshers S, springs f, and compartments K, operating in combination with the conduits and keys, substantially as described.

CHARLES KASTENBEIN.

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